DVD Ripper

[davidjearly]

Well I would have assumed that was pretty obvious. Although you could always just back your DVDs up on your hard drive if you were so inclined.

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Why would you use iDVD? Just encode to MPEG-4 and then use Toast to burn the DVD.

As for quality of course it is going to be worse. You go from the original source material when the film was made to DVD which uses MPEG-2 video - a lossy format, which you rip and encode using Handbrake to another lossy format and then back to MPEG-2 when you burn the DVD. That is three lots of quality degradation. The best way as you say is to rip using Mac the Ripper and either store it on your hard drive or NAS or burn it using Toast using the correct sized DVD so dual or single layer depending on the film.

Which is what we have just explained.

 

[Cromulent]

Which is what we have just explained.

I was questioning the suggestion that you had to use iDVD with Handbrake, which is false.

 

[phoxrenvatio]

well apparently it's just my movie i'm trying to rip. it is casino royale, which is on the list on handbrake's forum that can't be ripped. i'm pissed because i wanted to make a copy because it's scratched.

most sony movies can't be ripped with handbrake, that is if you really want the first scene... if you choose scenes 2 through (end), it should work. i have caseno royale, stranger than fiction, both underworlds, all 3 spidermans, fun w/ dick & jane, mr. deeds, rv, memento, monty python & the holy grail, ghost rider, so i married an axe murderer, a knights tale, ect. not all sony movies apply, but when you have this error, try this fix.

 

[Gaelic1]

I rip using "Mac The Ripper". I make a burn folder in Leopard, add the Video_TS and click on burn. I keep getting the "Disc can't be burned because the drive failed to calibrate the laser power level for this media". Is this bad media, bad burner, or a software problem? I'm using a new iMac 20" with 4GB Memory. I can sure use some advice on this.

 

[Bern]

There is. I believe, an alternative to MTR that is less expensive. It's called DVD Copy by some company called Xilisoft.

 

[webgoat]

there is a great alternative to mtr called installing windows via boot camp on your intel mac and using ripit4me in conjuction with dvddecrypter, dvdshrink, and imgburn... dvdfabhd decrypter and anydvd are good too... regardless, imo it is best to avoid the tyranny of geezerbutz and mtr betas as i see nothing but problems on ripdifferent forums and have had no such problems myself in boot camp with the same titles

 

[Bern]

....regardless, imo it is best to avoid the tyranny of geezerbutz and mtr betas as i see nothing but problems on ripdifferent forums and have had no such problems myself in boot camp with the same titles

I agree. I see no reason to be paying (er donating ) so much money for something that is beta and doesn't function well in any event. Besides the latest build (14i) dials home to send your personal information for registration purposes.